What makes an aviation fuel sustainable?
LEARN SAF · By SAFV1 Editorial Team · Evidence reviewed 19 October 2026 Three questions need separate answers: can an aircraft use the fuel, what is its environmental performance, and does it qualify under the relevant programme? The word “sustainable” can make a complicated assessment sound settled. A more useful starting point is to ask […]
What is SAF, and how is it made?
LEARN SAF · By SAFV1 Editorial Team · Evidence reviewed 19 October 2026 SAF is a way to change the fuel aviation uses while continuing to use existing aircraft. Understanding it starts with separating the raw material, the conversion process and the finished fuel. One name, several production routes Sustainable aviation fuel is commonly shortened […]
SAF’s industrial reality: what it takes to deliver fuel
FEATURE · By SAFV1 Editorial Team · Evidence reviewed 19 October 2026 A technology can make jet fuel. A dependable industry needs the whole production system to work, from the first feedstock delivery to the customer’s fuel tank. The most useful question to ask of the next SAF project announcement is simple: what has actually […]
From construction to production: Twelve’s next chapter at Moses Lake
AirPlant One has opened, and Twelve has secured refinancing to support its next phase. The significance lies in putting equipment to work and building the operating experience needed for expansion.
Following the money: the investments moving SAF towards production
Pension capital, infrastructure investors and commercial banks are backing SAF development. The most revealing transactions show how funding connects to construction and future fuel sales.
America’s SAF opportunity: make policy work from forest to flight
US policy continues to support domestic biofuels. Turning that support into aviation fuel requires clear rules, realistic investment timelines and a place for forestry alongside crops and livestock.
Singapore’s SAF lesson: from ‘after you’ to fuel delivered
Singapore’s pooled procurement trial has delivered SAF into Changi’s fuel network. For markets still weighing their next move, the competitive risk is letting others build the relationships and experience first.
FT CANS meets Honeywell: why the technology fit matters for SAF
The strongest SAF case for Honeywell’s acquisition of Johnson Matthey’s Catalyst Technologies business lies in how fuel synthesis and upgrading fit together. Customers had already selected the pairing before the deal closed.
Future Energy Global recruits SAF veterans for its next commercial push
Former Neste aviation leader Thorsten Lange and former United Airlines sustainability executive Angela Foster Rice are among four senior appointments announced by the SAF market intermediary.
When will the finger-pointing stop?
The Heathrow debate needs a delivery plan that names who will act, who will pay and what happens if the promised technology arrives late.